From: dnk@OMIT.cs.mu.oz.au.invalid   
      
   In  yangshu82@hotmail.com (yangshu) writes:   
      
   >> Do you mean "roles" as in coordination of different agents to make up a   
   >> team?  If so, then there's lots of relevant research.  Try doing a   
   >> search on "multi-agent systems" and "teamwork".   
   >>   
   >> If you mean something else, then just ignore me :-).   
   >>   
   >Tkank you first. Maybe I did not describe my intention clearly. I mean   
   >the model design that we consider each agent as an entity playing   
   >special roles within environments. The role defines the agent's   
   >motivations, behaviors, and so on, and thus it is a natural property   
   >of agent.  The problem is that how to extract the internal conceptions   
   >of role that can model agents and put it into practice. What they   
   >would be?  And how to formalize it from the practice standview. I have   
   >interests in this topic, and want to write it in my bachelor's thesis.   
      
   There is a lot of research on roles of the type (I think) you describe.   
   Much of it appears in papers on agent-oriented modeling and agent design   
   methodologies.  You might try the following as a starting point:   
      
   http://www.jamesodell.com/Role_of_roles.pdf   
      
   David   
      
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